William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
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Sep 23, 2026
Michael ErskinesVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Salisbury, read by Michael Erskines.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
The Earl of Suffolk, read by Frank Booker.
Algie PuggVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Warwick, read by Algie Pagg.
Musical Heart IVOICE_ACTOR
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, read by Musical Heart I.
8 MINS LATER
Elizabeth KlettVOICE_ACTOR
Flourish.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
My lord protector, so it please your grace, Here are the articles of contracted peace Between our sovereign... and the french king charles for eighteen months concluded by consent
Sean RandallVOICE_ACTOR
in premise it is agreed between the french king charles and william de la pole marquess of suffolk ambassador for henry king of england that the said henry shall espouse the lady margaret daughter unto regnier king of naples sicily and jerusalem and crown her queen of england ere the thirtieth of may next ensuing item that the duchy of anjou and the county of maine shall be released and delivered to the king her father
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
let's the paper fall ang uncle how now
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
In 1431 he performed the ceremony of coronation on Henry VI at Paris.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
In the same year William de la Pole, whom Beaufort had marked out as a useful minister for the king's service, was admitted a member of the council in England.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Gloucester tried to oust Beaufort's influence by questioning his right to remain Bishop of Winchester after he had been made a cardinal.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
This was a knotty point which the council was unable to decide, so nothing was done at all and Beaufort remained bishop and cardinal till the end of his life.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The peace party was now in the ascendant.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The mild and saintly Henry VI was eighteen years old and able to bring his influence to bear on the side of peace.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, the friend of Bishop Beaufort, was becoming the king's right-hand man.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Gloucester had seven more years of life to run, but the opposition between him and Beaufort might now be considered practically at an end.
Michael ErskinesVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Salisbury, read by Michael Erskines.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
The Earl of Suffolk, read by Frank Booker.
Algie PugVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Warwick, read by Algie Pagg.
Musical Heart IVOICE_ACTOR
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, read by Musical Heart I.
7 MINS LATER
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
my lord protector so it please your grace here are the articles of contracted peace between our sovereign and the french king charles for eighteen months concluded by consent
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
read
Sean RandallVOICE_ACTOR
in premise it is agreed between the french king charles and william de la pole marquess of suffolk ambassador for henry king of england but the said henry shall espouse the lady margaret daughter unto regnier king of naples sicily and jerusalem and crown her queen of england ere the thirtieth of may next ensuing item that the duchy of anjou and the county of maine shall be released and delivered to the king her father
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
let's the paper fall ang uncle how now
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The line of the Black Prince, Edward's eldest son, had ended with the unhappy Richard II in 1399.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William, the next brother, died early, and the House of York, the representatives of Lionel, the third brother, had been almost exterminated.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
As for John's earlier marriages, the Lancastrian line beginning with Henry IV, whose mother was Blanche of Lancaster, had also become extinct when the young Edward, son of Henry VI, was murdered by his uncles on the field of Tewkesbury.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Thus when Henry VII succeeded to the throne, his only rivals in title were John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, the son of Richard III's sister Elizabeth, who had been declared by Richard heir to the throne.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Margaret Beaufort, Henry's mother, successively Countess of Richmond and of Derby, was, as will be shown in a subsequent chapter, one of the most remarkable women in English history.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Her father was John Beaufort, the first Duke of Somerset.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
On his death in 1444, she became the ward of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and by him was married at the age of nine to his son, who afterwards succeeded to the title.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
On her guardian's attainder, she was transferred to the custody of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, and his brother, Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, the former of whom, Edmund Tudor, became her husband in 1455, her former marriage having been simply set aside.
Michael ErskinesVOICE_ACTOR
read by Michael Erskines.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
The Earl of Suffolk, read by Frank Booker.
Algie PaggVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Warwick, read by Algie Pagg.
Musical Heart IVOICE_ACTOR
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, read by Musical Heart I.
7 MINS LATER
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
my lord protector so it please your grace here are the articles of contracted peace between our sovereign and the french king charles for eighteen months concluded by consent
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
reads
Sean RandallVOICE_ACTOR
in premise it is agreed between the french king charles and william de la pole marquess of suffolk ambassador for henry king of england But the said Henry shall espouse the Lady Margaret, daughter unto Rainier, King of Naples, Sicilia, and Jerusalem, and crown her Queen of England, ere the 30th of May next ensuing.
Sean RandallVOICE_ACTOR
Item that the Duchy of Anjou and the County of Maine shall be released, and delivered to the King her father.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The first of these was Michael de la Pole, not a man of noble lineage, but the son of a wealthy merchant at Hull, who in the days of Edward III had most patriotically lent the King enormous sums of money, which were never truly repaid him, though by Edward's own confession they had been the means of averting great national calamities.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William de la Pole, however, had received grants from the Crown of various lands and offices, and also the honour of knighthood.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Michael, his son, had served in the French wars under Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and more recently under the Black Prince.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
His merits, even as an administrator, were certainly detected long before young Richard was of age to recognize them.
4 HRS 18 MINS LATER
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For Henry's ardent love of peace, associated in his mind with the principles of Christianity and religion, on which he desired his government to be founded, caused him to give ready ear to politicians who offered to point out a way of terminating the long-standing war with France.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Among these politicians there was now another besides Beaufort who began to have a considerable influence.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, the second son of that Earl who had been Chancellor to Richard II, a brave man who had distinguished himself in battle with the French and had once been taken prisoner, in 1444 urged upon Henry the policy of a match with Margaret, daughter of René, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Naples and Jerusalem.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
She was a woman of great force of character and considerable personal attractions, but the motive which decided Henry in her favor was the same that had induced him to liberate the Duke of Orléans.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The line of the Black Prince, Edward's eldest son, had ended with the unhappy Richard II in 1399.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William, the next brother, died early, and the House of York, the representatives of Lionel, the third brother, had been almost exterminated.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
As for John's earlier marriages, the Lancastrian line beginning with Henry IV, whose mother was Blanche of Lancaster, had also become extinct when the young Edward, son of Henry VI, was murdered by his uncles on the field of Tewkesbury.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Thus when Henry VII succeeded to the throne, his only rivals in title were John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, the son of Richard III's sister Elizabeth, who had been declared by Richard heir to the throne.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Margaret Beaufort, Henry's mother, successively Countess of Richmond and of Derby, was as will be shown in a subsequent chapter one of the most remarkable women in English history.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Her father was John Beaufort, the first Duke of Somerset.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
On his death in 1444, she became the ward of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and by him was married at the age of nine to his son, who afterwards succeeded to the title.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
On her guardian's attainder, she was transferred to the custody of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, and his brother Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, the former of whom, Edmund Tudor, became her husband in 1455, her former marriage having been simply set aside.
Michael ErskinesVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Salisbury, read by Michael Erskines.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
The Earl of Suffolk, read by Frank Booker.
Algie PuggVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Warwick, read by Algie Pagg.
Musical Heart IVOICE_ACTOR
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, read by Musical Heart I.
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
Act 1 of Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare LONDON THE PALACE flourish of trumpets then ho boys enter king henry the sixth gloucester salisbury warwick and cardinal on the one side queen margaret sulphic york somerset and buckingham on the other
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
as by your high imperial majesty i had in charge at my depart for france as procurator to your excellence to marry princess margaret for your grace so in the famous ancient city tours in presence of the kings of france and sicil the dukes of orion calibre bretagne and allentown seven earls twelve barons and twenty reverend bishops i have performed my task and was espoused and humbly now upon my bended knee in sight of england and her lordly peers deliver up my title in the queen to your most gracious hands that are the substance of that great shadow i did represent the happiest gift that ever marquess gave the fairest queen that ever king received
Arielle LipshireVOICE_ACTOR
Suffolk, arise.
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Michael ErskinesVOICE_ACTOR
read by Michael Erskines.
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
The Earl of Suffolk, read by Frank Booker.
Algie PaggVOICE_ACTOR
Earl of Warwick, read by Algie Pagg.
Musical Heart IVOICE_ACTOR
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, read by Musical Heart I.
7 MINS LATER
Frank BookerVOICE_ACTOR
My lord protector, so it please your grace, here are the articles of contracted peace between our sovereign and the French King Charles for eighteen months concluded by consent.
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
read
Sean RandallVOICE_ACTOR
in premise it is agreed between the french king charles and william de la pole marquess of suffolk ambassador for henry king of england that the said henry shall espouse the lady margaret daughter unto regnier king of naples sicily and jerusalem and crown her queen of england ere the thirtieth of may next ensuing item that the duchy of anjou and the county of maine shall be released and delivered to the king her father
Roseanne SchmidtNARRATOR
let's the paper fall ang uncle how now
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The first of these was Michael de la Pole, not a man of noble lineage, but the son of a wealthy merchant at Hull, who in the days of Edward III had most patriotically lent the king enormous sums of money, which were never truly repaid him, though by Edward's own confession they had been the means of averting great national calamities.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William de la Pole, however, had received grants from the crown of various lands and offices, and also the honour of knighthood.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Michael, his son, had served in the French wars under Henry, Duke of Lancaster, and more recently under the Black Prince.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
His merits, even as an administrator, were certainly detected long before young Richard was of age to recognise them, for in the very first year of the reign he was appointed an admiral and went to sea with John of Gaunt.
4 HRS 34 MINS LATER
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
For Henry's ardent love of peace, associated in his mind with the principles of Christianity and religion, on which he desired his government to be founded, caused him to give ready ear to politicians who offered to point out a way of terminating the long-standing war with France.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Among these politicians there was now another besides Beaufort who began to have a considerable influence.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, the second son of that earl who had been chancellor to Richard II, a brave man who had distinguished himself in battle with the French and had once been taken prisoner, in 1444 urged upon Henry the policy of a match with Margaret, daughter of René, Duke of Anjou, titular king of Naples and Jerusalem.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
She was a woman of great force of character and considerable personal attractions, but the motive which decided Henry in her favor was the same that had induced him to liberate the Duke of Orléans.
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